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Farewell voyage: The Royal Navy's flagship the Ark Royal arrives on the River Tyne before making the short journey down the coast to Newcastle where she was built by Swan Hunters at Wallsend

(from the Daily Mail)

1 posted on 11/21/2010 6:42:39 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

GB should sell it to Venezuela.


2 posted on 11/21/2010 6:50:17 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Will they keep it in reserve, sell it off, or scrap it?


3 posted on 11/21/2010 6:54:39 AM PST by reeb88 (How much fun are 72 virgins anyway? How much crying can one martyr take?)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

That’s a carrier? Must be strictly helo’s and VTOL’s.


5 posted on 11/21/2010 7:22:55 AM PST by raybbr (Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki
The likelihood of this happening to our fleet is far, far to real.
8 posted on 11/21/2010 8:04:14 AM PST by Red Dog #1
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To: magslinger

ping


10 posted on 11/21/2010 8:23:24 AM PST by Vroomfondel
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To: sukhoi-30mki
Ungland... they were England when they were an Empire,

but then they became meek and became england.

Now they are appeasers and have become undone,

they are now UNgland...

12 posted on 11/21/2010 8:31:48 AM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I remember seeing seeing one of these in the Gulf the last time I was there but I don’t remember which one it was. For some reason I think it was HMS Invincible.


13 posted on 11/21/2010 10:03:27 AM PST by GATOR NAVY ("The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -Dennis Prager)
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To: Vroomfondel; SC Swamp Fox; Fred Hayek; NY Attitude; P3_Acoustic; investigateworld; lowbuck; ...
SONOBUOY PING!

Click on pic for past Navair pings.

Post or FReepmail me if you wish to be enlisted in or discharged from the Navair Pinglist.
The only requirement for inclusion in the Navair Pinglist is an interest in Naval Aviation.
This is a medium to low volume pinglist.

16 posted on 11/22/2010 12:55:10 PM PST by magslinger ('This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up, I'll wait!')
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